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B. H. Gardi College of Engineering & Technology, Rajkot
Got 2nd Rank in ASME HPVC – 2014 by IIT, Delhi and DTU
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) - a nonprofit organization which has 130000
members worldwide, organized a national level event named HPVC (Human Powered Vehicle Challenge)
at Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi. We "The Gardians" proudly participated in it with two teams
namely “PINAK” and “HURRICANE”.
Entering IIT-Delhi and that too for an event like HPVC was like a dream eventually coming true. Our
staying arrangements were good and the atmosphere there was fascinating. On seeing the college
campus as well as the students, it seemed as we were on the set of movie “THREE IDIOTS”. It felt like
only those students were pursuing “ENGINEERING” in true sense but we were pretty sure that we would
go home with a bunch of precious moment from this event. On the day prior to event, we carried out
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probe of track, prepared the strategies, as well as visiting some places for shopping and refreshment.
We knew that next day was about to be one of the most important day of our life.
And finally it was the day when our 1st event was “Design event” and the team worked with full
enthusiasm. We explained our design as well as safety measures to judges and were pretty happy at the
end of that day. It was followed by “Drag race” on the next day and was a spectacular moment for all as
we made a record of speed and were on the top of table. We stayed on the top of the table till 5 rounds
but unfortunately lost in the semis and our rider cried in pain and disappointment. That was a touchy
moment for the entire team. But we were pretty happy that our “PINAK” team ended up with 3rd
position in drag race and “HURRICANE” too was in top 10. That was a condolence for us as well as riders
but on that last night, we stretched ourselves to the endurance limit for the third event.
On the final day, it felt like it was a “Day of Judgment” for our team. The alacrity of team members was
palpable and the fabulous efforts of rider’s helped us to secure 2nd position in “Endurance Race”.
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Singing, dancing, roaring and all kind of celebrations started for “PINAK”. Roars of “Bharat Maata ki Jay”
and “Vande Mataram” could be heard all over the campus. That was the most beautiful moment of the
entire trip for all of us.
It is quite truly said that "Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality" and the same thing
was found in our team leader. Also our riders came up as the protagonists of event. They used to
practice till late nights and that was the only reason for achieving huge success. Finally we ended up
with learning lot of things as well as with loads of beautiful mesmerizing memories in our hearts. It was
a privilege to be a part of such a blissful team.
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STUDENT’S TEAM
JIJO
CHRISTUDAS
MAITREYA
RANA
NAWAZ
GHODI
RAJ
GARALA
KISHAN
LOTIYA
ROBIN
RANJAN
DHAVAL
TRIVEDI
PRADEEP
SINGH
PARTH
KANANI
RAJ
SHETH
KEWAL
SHAHOLIA
VEDANT
VASAVADA
NILESH
CHOVATIYA
DISHANK
VASAVADA
MAULIK
POSHIYA
DARSHAK
DESAI
CHIRAG
RAKHASHIYA
VIRENDRA
DHAKHADA
JOY
LAKHANI
DARSHAN
JOSHI
MANAN
PANDYA
FACULTY ADVISOR: PROF. S. B. JADEJA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Report prepared by: NAWAZ GHODI
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